Dark Earth
Dark Earth by Aşık Veysel (Turkish original – Sivas, Turkey)by David Selim Sayers and Evrim Emir-Sayers (English translation – Paris, France) THIS translation is of…
Tag: turkish studies
No Map Can Stop the Bats from Crossing the Border
Image from Kitab-ı Bahriye by Piri Reis (first published 1521) No Map Can Stop the Bats from Crossing the Border Interview with David Selim Sayers…
Gender, Sex, and Printing Press in Ottoman Constantinople
Image from Hançerli Hikaye-i Garibesi (1851-52) Gender, Sex, and Printing Press in Ottoman Constantinople by David Selim Sayers (Paris, France) EVER since learning Ottoman Turkish nearly…
The Real Academy in Exile (Censored)
Image: Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus, J. M. W. Turner (1829) The Real Academy in Exile (Censored) by David Selim Sayers (Paris, France)1 For Talât Halman Sansürün çıkardığı…